Posts published in “Vision Zero”

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo claimed in a Facebook post last week that traffic-related fatalities in the city have dropped “by nearly 25%” since 2015 due to the “city’s commitment to Vision Zero and improved traffic signals, new radar speed display signs, better bikeways, and safer pedestrian crossings.” Such a…

Dozens of family members of traffic crash victims and safety advocates gathered on Sunday afternoon to bring attention to the rampant traffic violence plaguing San Jose, as part of the United Nations World Day Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Twelve other American cities participated in the event, according to California…

Sunnyvale city staff introduced Vision Zero at the plan’s first community meeting on Thursday, October 5, attended by about 20 people. The city is gathering public input on the plan and hopes to convince the City Council to adopt it by Summer 2018. “We in the city don’t measure our…

Two years after vowing to prevent all car traffic related deaths “as soon as possible”, San Jose has actually made zero progress towards Vision Zero, with 28 people killed in car crashes so far in 2017. At this rate, the city’s car traffic death count will nearly break the record…